About the RGJ

Oct. 24, 2012 2:53 PM

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The RGJ is Northern Nevada's leading source for local news and information. The RGJ's extensive family of print and digital media provides engaging, relevant and timely news and information for the communities they serve. The Reno Gazette-Journal is a member of the Gannett family of print, broadcast and digital media, which includes USA Today.

RGJ.com provides up to the minute breaking news updates, as well as a wealth of opportunities for readers to interact through expanded social networking features. These capabilities allow readers to comment on stories, post photos, create personas and blogs. In addition to local news, RGJ.com is the area's leading website for information on prep sports, entertainment, real estate, employment and vehicles for sale.

Other websites produced by the RGJ include MomsLikeMe.com, GoToRenoTahoe.com, and RenoLakeTahoeWeddings.com.

A Brief History

The history of the Reno Gazette-Journal begins more than 125 years ago with the founding of the Nevada State Journal in 1870. Just six years later, the Reno Evening Gazette began publication.

In 1939, Spiedel Newspapers, Inc., a small company that owned newspapers located primarily in the West, acquired the two newspapers. Then, in 1977, Speidel Newspapers merged with Gannett Company, Inc., providing more resources for development and improvement of the local papers, including construction of a dramatic new office building with state-of-the-art printing facilities in 1981, on its current site at 955 Kuenzli Street, near downtown Reno.

On October 7, 1983 the two newspapers merged into the Reno Gazette-Journal, a daily morning edition. In 1999 the company purchased Eastern Sierra Publishing, a commercial print operation in Carson City; and in 2000 purchased the Mason Valley News, Fernley Leader and Dayton Courier, weekly newspapers that serve Yerington, Fernley and Dayton.

In the Fall of 2002, RENO Magazine made its debut. This glossy lifestyle magzine captures the best of the new Reno lifestyle, and is now published 8 times a year. Other publications produced by our Custom Publishing Group include Sierra Dining which publishes in May and November, as well as Your Health, a free monthly magazine.

The Reno Gazette-Journal has been consistently recognized for its journalistic excellence and its commitment to community service. The paper has won numerous national and regional awards honoring editorial and advertising excellence including the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, the highest recognition for excellence awarded in American journalism.

The Gazette-Journal has also been honored many times by Gannett, including selection as the Most Improved Newspaper in 1991, and Newspaper of the Year in 1986, 1987, 1992 and 1996.